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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 494 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FLEETWOOD , a seaport and watering-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the See also:

BLACKPOOL

Blackpool See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, See also:

England, at the mouth of the Wyre; 230 M. N.W. by N. from See also:

LONDON

London, the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of a See also:

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the London & See also:

North-Western and Lancashire & See also:

YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. Pop. (1891) 9274; (19o1) 12,082. It See also:

DATES

dates its rise from 1836, and takes its name from See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, by whom it was laid out. The seaward views, especially northward over See also:

MORECAMBE

Morecambe See also:

BAY

Bay, are See also:

FINE

fine, but the neighbouring See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat and of little See also:

INTEREST

interest. The two railways jointly are the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour authority. The See also:

DOCK

dock is provided with railways and machinery for facilitating See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic, including a large See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain elevator. The See also:

SHIPPING

shipping traffic is chiefly in the See also:

COASTING

coasting and Irish See also:

trade. Passenger steamers serve See also:

BELFAST

Belfast and See also:

Londonderry regularly, and the Isle of See also:

Man and other ports during the See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season. The See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries are important, and there are See also:

salt-See also:

WORKS

works in the neighbourhood. There is a pleasant See also:

PROMENADE

promenade, with other appointments of a watering-place.

There are also See also:

barracks with a military See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and a See also:

RIFLE

rifle range. Rossall school, to the S.W., is one of the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal public See also:

SCHOOLS

schools in the north of England. Rossall See also:

Hall was the seat of Sir Peter Fleetwood, but was converted to the uses of the school' on its See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation in 1844. The school is primarily divided into classical and See also:

MODERN

modern sides, with a See also:

SPECIAL

special See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department for preparation for See also:

army, See also:

NAVY

navy or professional See also:

EXAMINATIONS

examinations. A number of entrance scholarships and leaving scholarships tenable at the See also:

UNIVERSITIES

universities are offered annually. The number of boys is about 350.

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